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Phanariot

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Pha`nar´i`ot
n.1.One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.
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In Mani, we are treated to a spectacular digression on two kinds of hats, the gudjaman and the ishlik, both worn by Phanariot hospodars in the Danubian principalities of the Ottoman Empire.
Philhellene's progress: Patrick Leigh Fermor by Downing, Ben / New Criterion
He frequently sprints off his path to dwell in digression, considering such subjects as Byzantine iconography, Eastern European cats, obscure supernatural deities, and my favorite, an extended discussion of Phanariot Greek headgear.
Sahara Unveiled by Cahill, Elizabeth Kirkland / Commonweal
He frequently sprints off his path to dwell in digression, considering such subjects as Byzantine iconography, Eastern European cats, obscure supernatural deities, and my favorite, an extended discussion of Phanariot Greek headgear.
Mani by Cahill, Elizabeth Kirkland / Commonweal
 
 
 
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